Sports Night, ABC’s critically acclaimed television dramedy that aired in the late 90’s and became a cult classic, was released as a complete series on DVD back in 2008. Now,…
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I love the ABC Family TV series, Greek. Ever since I was introduced to this ABC Family series about college students at Cyprus Rhodes University, a fictional Ohio college last…
Chances are, even if you’ve never seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K for short), you still know the basic concept: bad guys shoot a good guy…
In the early ’80s you had rough and tumble men who investigated crimes and brought down the bad guys. And they did it proudly with the stache. Of course, we…
FlashForward began with a kick ass premise: On a regular day the entire world’s population simultaneously blacked out for 137 seconds. Those people who didn’t die in a car crash…
purchase from Amazon: DVD Last year Shout! Factory released a fantastic box set of the first season of thirtysomething, the influential drama series that ran on ABC from fall 1987…
Kelly Stitzel was all kinds of excited when she heard the first season of this syndicated ’80s sitcom was coming to DVD. Now that she’s seen it, how does she feel?
Last year, both seasons of the original BBC series, Life on Mars, were released in the U.S. to little press, despite the fact that the show is considered one of…
For those of you who read my ramblings about television, you know how much I adore The Mighty Boosh, the British comedy series created by comedians Julian Barratt and Noel…
Writing a thorough review of Blackadder is difficult as it’s not your typical comedy program. The series, which helped make stars out of actor Rowan Atkinson and writer/director Richard Curtis,…
The first 13 episodes of Fox’s new hit musical series, Glee, released here in a 4 DVD set, are an entertaining, yet wildly inconsistent group of episodes that sees the…
Andy Barker, P.I. was, by far, my favorite new series to premiere during the winter of 2007. Andy Richter’s second foray into half-hour comedy was a hybrid comedy/mystery series, co-created…
If vampires, mysteries and romance are your thing, you can do much worse than Blood Ties, the supernatural drama that aired on Lifetime in 2007. The second season collection contains…
Reality television is always open to satire and there have been many fine examples of the genre getting sent up (The Office and Arrested Development are two shows that come…
New Tricks: Season One (2009, BBC) purchase from Amazon: DVD Call it Cold Case for the retired crowd. The BBCÁ¢€â„¢s mystery series New Tricks doesnÁ¢€â„¢t break any new ground as…
ItÁ¢€™s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the twisted spawn of Seinfeld. Much like NBCÁ¢€™s beloved sitcom, the show centers around four friends (three males and a female). In this case,…
Life on Mars: The Complete Series (2009, ABC Studios/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Being a fan of the original BBC version of Life on Mars, I was leery of…
Castle: The Complete First Season (2009, ABC Studios/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Castle, the ABC mystery series, proves one thing: Nathan Fillion is a star. He has charm, comic…
Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season (2009, ABC Studios/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Instead of lamenting on the things that were wrong with the fifth season of GreyÁ¢€â„¢s Anatomy,…
All but dead at the other major networks, scripted comedy is alive and well at NBC; even as the Peacock tries to flush high-quality television down a lantern-jawed toilet with…
Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season (2009, Warner Brothers) purchase from Amazon: DVD The fourth season of Supernatural kicks ass. Great mythology, plenty of action, some good doses of humor, it…
Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Third Season (2009, ABC/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD ABCÁ¢€â„¢s durable drama Brothers and Sisters hit some road bumps in its third season. After a…
Greek: Chapter 3 (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Greek, ABC FamilyÁ¢€â„¢s college based dramedy, continues to be a delight. For those of you who think itÁ¢€â„¢s just another…
thirtysomething: the complete first season (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD In the mid ’80s, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, a writing/producing team who had worked on the dramatic…
Tracey Takes On… Seasons 3 & 4 (2009, Vivendi Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD Here’s what I know about Tracey Ullman: She’s a gifted actress who immerses herself into her…
OMFG, you guys, Scott Malchus has a copy of Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season on DVD, and he’s giving it away! Find out how you can win!
Eli Stone: The Complete Second and Final Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD ItÁ¢€â„¢s disappointing that the earnest, big-hearted series Eli Stone never found a large enough audience…
Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second and Final Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD You may not recall, but there were two Á¢€Å“rich folks with problemsÁ¢€ TV shows…
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD The hospital sitcom Scrubs pulled off something rare in the television industry last year: It jumped networks, from…
Come with us now on a journey through time and space to the world of the Mighty Boosh. A recent appearance by the English comedy team The Mighty Boosh at…